KELVINHALL STATION

KELVINHALL STATION

We worked to avoid disruption to the public during the refurbishment of Glasgow's Kelvinhall subway station.

General Information

The refurbishment of Kelvinhall subway station in Glasgow includes
platform resurfacing, recladding of the station tunnels, ticket
office replacement and the provision of new finishes and M&E
services.

The company is one of three framework contractors selected by
Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT) to refurbish the
subway’s 15 stations under a programme set to run until
2018.

To meet Strathclyde Partnership for Transport’s requirement for
no change in platform height at any point during the works, our
team devised a solution using temporary platform sections which
allowed time for the screed required to cure prior to tiling.

We also developed a means of providing a safe working platform
over the tunnel lining to enable essential roof repairs to be
carried out.

In support of Strathclyde Partnership for Transport’s commitment
to keeping the subway operational throughout modernisation works,
much of our activities were undertaken at night under a series of
short-term possessions.

To protect the public from any debris loosened by the airflow of
the trains once the tunnel cladding was removed, a curtain of
netting was installed above the works.

The contract continues our involvement in what is one of the
oldest underground metro systems in the world, the company having
constructed a section of the subway’s original tunnel network in
the early 1890s. In the late 1970s we were also involved in the
refurbishment of the subway’s St Enoch’s station.